The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality.
CLABSI
New CDC report on CLABSIs: One step forward, many more to go
This week the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a state-specific report (not hospital specific) on rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the ICU as collected by its National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), a monitoring system that looks at hospital infections across the nation.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections
Tags: CDC, CLABSI, ICU, public reporting, surgical site infection
A Lifesaving Safety Program Your Hospital Should Follow
An innovative “checklist” to reduce central line bloodstream infections in intensive care units has had incredible success in hospitals where it’s been adopted.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections
Tags: CLABSI, ICU, medicare part d, Patient Safety Day
